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otherwise file a responsive pleading to
the appeal, by March 29, 2010.
2. The procedural schedule listed
below is hereby adopted.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505,
Cassandra L. Hicks is designated officer
of the Commission (Public
Representative) to represent the
interests of the general public.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this notice and order and
procedural schedule in the Federal
Register.
By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE
March 12, 2009 .............
March 29, 2010 .............
April 16, 2010 ................
April 19, 2010 ................
May 6 ............................
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Filing of Appeal.
Deadline for Postal Service to file administrative record in this appeal or responsive pleading.
Deadline for petitioner’s Form 61 or initial brief in support of petition (see 39 CFR 3001.115(a) and (b)).
Deadline for petitions to intervene (see 39 CFR 3001.111(b)).
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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–S
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
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Agency Forms Submitted for OMB
Review, Request for Comments
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding
two (2) Information Collection Requests
(ICR) to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). Our
ICR describes the information we seek
to collect from the public. Review and
approval by OIRA ensures that we
impose appropriate paperwork burdens.
The RRB invites comments on the
proposed collections of information to
determine (1) the practical utility of the
collections; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden of the collections; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information that is the
subject of collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of collections on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments to RRB or OIRA must contain
the OMB control number of the ICR. For
proper consideration of your comments,
it is best if RRB and OIRA receive them
within 30 days of publication date.
1. Title and Purpose of Information
Collection:
Application for Employee Annuity
Under the Railroad Retirement Act;
3220–0002
Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement
Act (RRA) provides for payments of age
and service, disability, and
supplemental annuities to qualified
employees. An annuity cannot be paid
until the employee stops working for a
railroad employer. In addition, the age
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and service employee must relinquish
any rights held to such jobs. A disabled
employee does not need to relinquish
employee rights until attaining Full
Retirement Age, or if earlier, their
spouse files for a spouse annuity.
Benefits become payable after the
employee meets certain other
requirements, which depend on the type
of annuity payable. The requirements
for obtaining the annuities are
prescribed in 20 CFR 216, and 220.
The RRB uses the electronic AA–
1cert, Application Summary and
Certification process and the following
forms to collect the information needed
for determining entitlement to and the
amount of, an employee retirement
annuity: Form AA–1, Application for
Employee Annuity Under the Railroad
Retirement Act, Form AA–1d,
Application for Determination of
Employee Disability, and Form G–204,
Verification of Workers Compensation/
Public Disability Benefit Information.
The AA–1cert process obtains
information from an applicant for either
an age and service, or disability annuity
by means of an interview with an RRB
field-office representative. It obtains
information about an applicant’s marital
history, work history, military service,
benefits from other governmental
agencies and railroad pensions. During
the interview, the field-office
representative enters the information
obtained into an on-line information
system. Upon completion of the
interview, the applicant receives Form
AA–1cert, Application Summary and
Certification, which summarizes the
information that was provided by/or
verified by the applicant, for review and
signature. The RRB also uses a manual
version, RRB Form AA–1, in instances
where the RRB representative is unable
to contact the applicant in-person or by
telephone, i.e., the applicant lives in
another country.
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Form AA–1d, Application for
Determination of Employee Disability, is
completed by an employee who is filing
for a disability annuity under the RRA,
or a disability freeze under the Social
Security Act for early Medicare based
on a disability. Form G–204,
Verification of Workers Compensation/
Public Disability Benefit Information, is
used to obtain and verify information
concerning worker’s compensation or
public disability benefits that are or will
be paid by a public agency to a disabled
railroad employee.
All of the forms require completion to
obtain a benefit. One or more response
is requested of each respondent.
Previous Requests for Comments: The
RRB has already published the initial
60-day notice (75 FR 4944 on January
28, 2010) required by 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2). That request elicited no
comments.
Title: Application for Employee
Annuity Under the Railroad Retirement
Act.
OMB Control Number: 3220–0002.
Form(s) submitted: AA–1, Application
for Employee Annuity; AA–1cert,
Application Summary and Certification;
AA–1d, Application for Determination
of Employee’s Disability; and G–204,
Verification of Worker’s Compensation/
Public Disability Benefit Information.
Type of request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected public: Individuals or
households, State or local government.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Abstract: The Railroad Retirement Act
provides for payment of age, disability,
and supplemental annuities to qualified
employees. The application and related
forms obtain information about the
applicant’s family work history, military
service, disability benefits from other
government agencies and public or
private pensions. The information is
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used to determine entitlement to and
the amount of the annuity applied for.
Changes Proposed:Non-burden
impacting editorial changes intended to
provide clarification and specificity to
several current responses as well as the
deletion of several items that are no
longer needed are proposed to Form
AA–1. Non-burden impacting clarifying
editorial changes are proposed to Form
AA–1(cert). No changes are proposed to
Form(s) AA–1d and G–204.
The burden estimate for this ICR is
proposed as follows:
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 14,120.
Total annual responses: 17,825.
Total annual reporting hours: 9,271.
2. Title and Purpose of Information
Collection:
Voluntary Customer Surveys in
Accordance With E.O 12862; 3220–
0192
In accordance with Executive Order
12862, the Railroad Retirement Board
(RRB) conducts a number of customer
surveys designed to determine the kinds
and quality of services our beneficiaries,
claimants, employers and members of
the public want and expect, as well as
their satisfaction with existing RRB
services. The information collected is
used by RRB management to monitor
customer satisfaction by determining to
what extent services are satisfactory and
where and to what extent services can
be improved. The surveys are limited to
data collections that solicit strictly
voluntary opinions, and do not collect
information which is required or
regulated. The information collection,
which was first approved by the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) in
1997, provides the RRB with a generic
clearance authority. This generic
authority allows the RRB to submit a
variety of new or revised customer
survey instruments (needed to timely
implement customer monitoring
activities) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for expedited review
and approval. Our ICR describes the
information we seek to collect from the
public.
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Title: Voluntary Customer Surveys in
Accordance with E.O. 12862.
OMB Control Number 3220–0192.
Form(s) submitted: G–201, Customer
Assessment Survey.
Type of request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected public: Individuals or
households, Business-or-other-for profit.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
Abstract: The Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) utilizes voluntary customer
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surveys to ascertain customer
satisfaction with the RRB in terms of
timeliness, appropriateness, access, and
other measures of quality service.
Surveys involve individuals that are
direct or indirect beneficiaries of RRB
services as well as railroad employers
who must report earnings.
Changes Proposed: The RRB proposes
no changes to the information
collection.
The burden estimate for this ICR is
unchanged as follows:
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 1,750.
Total annual responses: 1,750.
Total annual reporting hours: 735.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the form and supporting
documents can be obtained from
Charles Mierzwa, the agency clearance
officer at (312–751–3363) or
Charles.Mierzwa@rrb.gov.
Comments regarding the information
collection should be addressed to
Patricia A. Henaghan, Railroad
Retirement Board, 844 North Rush
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–2092 or
Patricia.Henaghan@rrb.gov and to the
OMB Desk Officer for the RRB, at the
Office of Management and Budget,
Room 10230, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of the President’s major disaster
declaration for Private Non-Profit
organizations in the State of Oklahoma,
dated 03/05/2010, is hereby amended to
include the following areas as adversely
affected by the disaster.
Primary Counties: Beaver, Beckham,
Blaine, Canadian, Cherokee, Craig,
Creek, Custer, Garvin, Grant, Lincoln,
Logan, Major, Mayes, Murray,
Nowata, Okfuskee, Ottawa, Pawnee,
Rogers, Sequoyah, Texas, Wagoner,
Washington.
Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
Oklahoma Disaster Number OK–00034
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration #12070 and #12071]
Oklahoma Disaster Number OK–00035
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Amendment 1.
SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for Public Assistance Only for
the State of Oklahoma (FEMA–1883–
DR), dated 03/05/2010.
Incident: Severe Winter Storm.
Incident Period: 01/28/2010 through
01/30/2010.
Effective Date: 03/22/2010.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 05/04/2010.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 12/06/2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
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All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
James E. Rivera,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
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BILLING CODE 8025–01–P
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration #12051 and #12052]
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Amendment 1.
SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for Public Assistance Only for
the State of Oklahoma (FEMA–1876–
DR), dated 02/25/2010.
Incident: Severe Winter Storm.
Incident Period: 12/24/2009 through
12/25/2009.
DATES: Effective Date: 03/22/2010.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 04/26/2010.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 11/25/2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of the President’s major disaster
declaration for Private Non-Profit
organizations in the State of Oklahoma,
dated 02/25/2010, is hereby amended to
include the following areas as
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review, Request for Comments
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding
two (2) Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from
the public. Review and approval by OIRA ensures that we impose
appropriate paperwork burdens.
The RRB invites comments on the proposed collections of information
to determine (1) the practical utility of the collections; (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden of the collections; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information that is the
subject of collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
collections on respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments to RRB or
OIRA must contain the OMB control number of the ICR. For proper
consideration of your comments, it is best if RRB and OIRA receive them
within 30 days of publication date.
1. Title and Purpose of Information Collection:
Application for Employee Annuity Under the Railroad Retirement Act;
3220-0002
Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) provides for
payments of age and service, disability, and supplemental annuities to
qualified employees. An annuity cannot be paid until the employee stops
working for a railroad employer. In addition, the age and service
employee must relinquish any rights held to such jobs. A disabled
employee does not need to relinquish employee rights until attaining
Full Retirement Age, or if earlier, their spouse files for a spouse
annuity. Benefits become payable after the employee meets certain other
requirements, which depend on the type of annuity payable. The
requirements for obtaining the annuities are prescribed in 20 CFR 216,
and 220.
The RRB uses the electronic AA-1cert, Application Summary and
Certification process and the following forms to collect the
information needed for determining entitlement to and the amount of, an
employee retirement annuity: Form AA-1, Application for Employee
Annuity Under the Railroad Retirement Act, Form AA-1d, Application for
Determination of Employee Disability, and Form G-204, Verification of
Workers Compensation/Public Disability Benefit Information.
The AA-1cert process obtains information from an applicant for
either an age and service, or disability annuity by means of an
interview with an RRB field-office representative. It obtains
information about an applicant's marital history, work history,
military service, benefits from other governmental agencies and
railroad pensions. During the interview, the field-office
representative enters the information obtained into an on-line
information system. Upon completion of the interview, the applicant
receives Form AA-1cert, Application Summary and Certification, which
summarizes the information that was provided by/or verified by the
applicant, for review and signature. The RRB also uses a manual
version, RRB Form AA-1, in instances where the RRB representative is
unable to contact the applicant in-person or by telephone, i.e., the
applicant lives in another country.
Form AA-1d, Application for Determination of Employee Disability,
is completed by an employee who is filing for a disability annuity
under the RRA, or a disability freeze under the Social Security Act for
early Medicare based on a disability. Form G-204, Verification of
Workers Compensation/Public Disability Benefit Information, is used to
obtain and verify information concerning worker's compensation or
public disability benefits that are or will be paid by a public agency
to a disabled railroad employee.
All of the forms require completion to obtain a benefit. One or
more response is requested of each respondent.
Previous Requests for Comments: The RRB has already published the
initial 60-day notice (75 FR 4944 on January 28, 2010) required by 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited no comments.
Title: Application for Employee Annuity Under the Railroad
Retirement Act.
OMB Control Number: 3220-0002.
Form(s) submitted: AA-1, Application for Employee Annuity; AA-
1cert, Application Summary and Certification; AA-1d, Application for
Determination of Employee's Disability; and G-204, Verification of
Worker's Compensation/Public Disability Benefit Information.
Type of request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected public: Individuals or households, State or local
government.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Abstract: The Railroad Retirement Act provides for payment of age,
disability, and supplemental annuities to qualified employees. The
application and related forms obtain information about the applicant's
family work history, military service, disability benefits from other
government agencies and public or private pensions. The information is
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used to determine entitlement to and the amount of the annuity applied
for.
Changes Proposed:Non-burden impacting editorial changes intended to
provide clarification and specificity to several current responses as
well as the deletion of several items that are no longer needed are
proposed to Form AA-1. Non-burden impacting clarifying editorial
changes are proposed to Form AA-1(cert). No changes are proposed to
Form(s) AA-1d and G-204.
The burden estimate for this ICR is proposed as follows:
Estimated annual number of respondents: 14,120.
Total annual responses: 17,825.
Total annual reporting hours: 9,271.
2. Title and Purpose of Information Collection:
Voluntary Customer Surveys in Accordance With E.O 12862; 3220-0192
In accordance with Executive Order 12862, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) conducts a number of customer surveys designed to determine
the kinds and quality of services our beneficiaries, claimants,
employers and members of the public want and expect, as well as their
satisfaction with existing RRB services. The information collected is
used by RRB management to monitor customer satisfaction by determining
to what extent services are satisfactory and where and to what extent
services can be improved. The surveys are limited to data collections
that solicit strictly voluntary opinions, and do not collect
information which is required or regulated. The information collection,
which was first approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
in 1997, provides the RRB with a generic clearance authority. This
generic authority allows the RRB to submit a variety of new or revised
customer survey instruments (needed to timely implement customer
monitoring activities) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
expedited review and approval. Our ICR describes the information we
seek to collect from the public.
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Title: Voluntary Customer Surveys in Accordance with E.O. 12862.
OMB Control Number 3220-0192.
Form(s) submitted: G-201, Customer Assessment Survey.
Type of request: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected public: Individuals or households, Business-or-other-for
profit.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
Abstract: The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) utilizes voluntary
customer surveys to ascertain customer satisfaction with the RRB in
terms of timeliness, appropriateness, access, and other measures of
quality service. Surveys involve individuals that are direct or
indirect beneficiaries of RRB services as well as railroad employers
who must report earnings.
Changes Proposed: The RRB proposes no changes to the information
collection.
The burden estimate for this ICR is unchanged as follows:
Estimated annual number of respondents: 1,750.
Total annual responses: 1,750.
Total annual reporting hours: 735.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the form and supporting
documents can be obtained from Charles Mierzwa, the agency clearance
officer at (312-751-3363) or Charles.Mierzwa@rrb.gov.
Comments regarding the information collection should be addressed
to Patricia A. Henaghan, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 or Patricia.Henaghan@rrb.gov and
to the OMB Desk Officer for the RRB, at the Office of Management and
Budget, Room 10230, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503.
Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
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